When 19yearold Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the MakeAWish Foundation (基金会)，nobody understood what she was talking about.But Sophia knew just how important MakeAWish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream e true for one of her best friends.We were interested in finding out more，so we went along to meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say.
Sophia told us that MakeAWish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980.“It’s a charity(慈善机构)that helps children who have got very serious illnesses.MakeAWish helps children feel happy even though they are sick，by making their wishes and dreams e true，”Sophia explained.
We asked Sophia how MakeAWish had first started.She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris，who had been dreaming for a long time of being a policeman.Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris’s dream e true－so，with everybody’s help，Chris，only seven years old at the time，had been a“policeman”for a day.“When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true，they decided to try and help other sick children too，and that was the beginning of MakeAWish，”explained Sophia.
Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special，happy time.A MakeAWish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world.Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes e true.They do this either by providing things that are necessary，or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.
【小题1】Sophia found out about MakeAWish because her best friend had .A．benefited from it B．volunteered to help it C．dreamed about it D．told the author about it【小题2】According to Sophia，MakeAWish .A．is an international charityB．was understood by nobody at firstC．raises money for very poor familiesD．started by drawing the interest of the public【小题3】What is said about Chris in Paragraph 3? A．He has been a policeman since he was seven.B．He gave people the idea of starting MakeAWish.C．He wanted people to help make his dream e true.D．He was the first child MakeAWish helped after it had been set up.【小题4】Which of the following is true about MakeAWish volunteers?A．They are important for making wishes e true.B．They try to help children get over their illnesses.C．They visit sick children to make them feel special.D．They provide what is necessary to make MakeAWish popular.A
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(答案→)A
解析：本文为一篇记叙文。文章通过想做圆梦基金会的一名志愿者的Sophia Giorgi介绍了该基金会的创建原因、宗旨、服务对象和方式等。
【小题1】解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“But Sophia knew just how important MakeAWish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream e true for one of her best friends.”可知选A项。
【小题2】解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第二段前两句“Sophia told us that MakeAWish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980.”“‘It’s a charity(慈善机构) that helps children who have got very serious illnesses...’．..”可知答案应选A项。
【小题3】解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris，who had been dreaming for a long time of being a policeman.”以及第四句“‘When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true.they decided to try and help other sick children too，and that was the beginning of MakeAWish，’．..”可知答案为B项。
【小题4】解析：选A。推理判断题。B项属于医生的职责，MakeAWish 志愿者只能帮助他们实现愿望。C项与最后一段第二句“A MakeAWish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world.”不符。D项中的to make MakeAWish popular是对最后一句中的do this的误读，此处do this指上一句“to make the wishes e true”。根据最后一段第三句“Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes e true.”可知A项正确。